GEOFFREY CLARKE R.A. [1924-2014]

Bird 1, 1954, welded iron and stone, 72 cm high

GEOFFREY CLARKE

Clarke is one of the UK's most important sculptors

He was one of the:
'Geometry of Fear' sculptors who caused such a storm when exhibiting at the Venice Biennale in 1952

He started as a welder in iron and represented the UK
3 times
at the Venice Biennale more than any other artist

Warrior [Man as Fortress]

1951-4
welded iron
[on aluminium base]
unique
signed and dated
42 x 36 x 26 cm

Geoffrey Clarke Later sculpture - aluminium

Two Troughs and Flat Bar, 1964, aluminium, 163 cm long

In the late 1950s he invented a technique of sculpting and casting in aluminium
producing incredibly original brutalist abstracts

HEAD

1980
aluminium
edition of 5 [1/5] - probably unique
signed
17 x 12 x 3.5 cm

Contact: Keith Chapman
modernsculpture@btinternet.com